Improved mode of pboteoting china, glass, and oteek aetioles



kjinitrt.tartes @moet @frn ALONZ() C. RAND, OF UNiON MILLS,PENNSYLVANIA. L'ettcrs Patc'ntlto. 63,653, Zaterl April 9, 1367.

IMPROVED MODE or PROTECT-me' CHINA, GLASS, AND OTHER ARTIGLES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALOSZO C. RAND, of Union Mills, county of Erie, andStute 'of Pennsylvania, have invented :t new l.nd improvedblfode ofProtecting Chinu,4Glnss, Porcelain, or Earthen Wares frormbecominginjured or broken on their` bottoms or rests, and hereby declare thatthe'following is u full :md exact descripton thereof, rcfcrencebcing hadto the accompnyingv drawings, und letters of reference marked thereon.`Figure l represents :t vertical section o'ff'an article of'chna-wureexhibitinf.; my improvement. Figure 2 is au inverted lplane oi' thesame. i Figure 3 represents n. )'erticul secton'of n modification of the.seme improvement applied to n wash-bowl I and pitcher.

Figures 4 und 5 are inverted planes of the same in other modifications.

Similar lotters'of reference indicate corresponding parts in the samefigures. 'The nature of my invention consists in attaching rubber orgotta. perchev to the bottoms oi'poreelnin, glass, chine, or'stone were,for the purpose of forming elastic rests, whereby they :tre protectedfrom beinnr injured or injuring other articles coming in conte'ct withthem.

To enable others skilled in the nrt to make und use my invent-ion, Iwillproceed to describe its 'construction- 'u-nd operation. l

A, tig. 1, represents u bowl mede of chine-ware. 'lhe bottom or rest isprovided with a dove-teil" shaped groove, B, extcndingcntircly aroundit, as shown by fig. 2. A ring of rubber, C, is lso formed that it willproject below. the groove, and is mede' thicker than the sume that itselasticity may adjust itself` `tightly in the groove, thereby excludingall moisture und holding it firmly in its proper position. Instead offorming the bowl withl dovc-tail groove, the bottom muy be made 1with u'circuler projection, l), as shown on the bottom of the pitcher, und aring of rubber oi' proper size stretched over it, as shown in iig. 3,orthe bottom may be provided with a number of cavities, o a a a',intofwhich pieces of rubber of proper dimensions are pluced,'as shown iuiig. 4; or the betteln may be supplied with similar elastic rests, E, by.'ittstchingA the rubber with cement, es shown in igs. 3 and 5, appliedtothe bottom of the waslnbowl. A'

Whitt Lc'loim es my'invention, und desire to secnrevby Letters Patent,is

Furnishing the bottoms of vessels `of china, eerthemporcelain, or glossware with grooves or depressions for the purpose of applying thereinelast-ic rests, subst-:nitiolly as herein .shown and described.

u ALoNzoe. RAND.

Witnesses:

E. D. Peruvian, C. L. Snnm'vooo.

